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Looking Good Dead
by Peter James
A thrilling murder mystery that exposes the dark side of fame and fortune.
Tom Bryce did what any decent person would do. But within hours of picking up the CD that had been left behind on the train seat next to him, and attempting to return it to its owner, he is the sole ... (Goodreads)
Dead Simple
by Peter James
A stag night prank goes wrong, leaving the groom buried alive. A race against time to save him ensues.
It was meant to be a harmless stag-night prank. A few hours later, his friends are dead and Michael Harrison has disappeared. With only three days to the wedding, Detective Superintendent Roy Grace—a ... (Barnes & Noble)
The Concrete Blonde
by Michael Connelly
A detective's investigation of a serial killer, uncovering a complex web of deception.
Detective Harry Bosch is pursuing "The Dollmaker", a serial killer who uses makeup to paint his victims. He gets a tip from a prostitute that a recent customer of hers, Norman Church, had a large ... (Wikipedia)
The Distant Echo
by Val McDermid
Four male students find a dead body on their way home from a night out. Twenty-five years later, the case is reopened.
It was a winter morning in 1978, that the body of a young barmaid was discovered in the snow banks of a Scottish cemetery. The only suspects in her brutal murder were the four young men who found ... (Goodreads)
Cold Granite
by Stuart MacBride
Detective Logan McRae investigates the abduction and murder of young boys in Aberdeen, Scotland.
It is Logan McRae's first week back after being on sick leave for a year; courtesy of Angus Robertson (The Mastrick Monster) who carved him up with a knife. Someone is kidnapping children, murdering ... (Wikipedia)
The Hanging Garden
by Ian Rankin
Detective John Rebus investigates a series of grisly murders in Scotland.
Detective Inspector John Rebus is investigating a suspected war criminal. Rebus helps a traumatised Bosnian prostitute and tries to intercede in a territory war between gangster Tommy Telford and ... (Wikipedia)
The Devil's Star
by Jo Nesbø
Murder mystery set in Oslo involving a mysterious pentagram symbol.
A young woman is murdered in her Oslo flat. One finger has been severed from her left hand, and behind her eyelid is secreted a tiny red diamond in the shape of a five-pointed star - a pentagram, the ... (Goodreads)
Cards on the Table
by Agatha Christie
A detective tale of murder and mystery, as a renowned detective investigates a case of four suspects with cards in their hands.
The mysterious Mr Shaitana hosts an unusual dinner party. His guests include four sleuths – Hercule Poirot, secret agent Colonel Race, mystery writer Mrs Ariadne Oliver, and Superintendent Battle of ... (Wikipedia)
Cockroaches
by Jo Nesbø
A detective investigates a series of unexplainable deaths, uncovering a dark and twisted world.
Norway 's ambassador to Thailand is found stabbed to death in a brothel on the outskirts of Bangkok . , Oslo detective Harry Hole is sent to help the Thai police solve the crime before the scandal ... (Wikipedia)
Tell No One
by Harlan Coben
A man's quest to uncover the truth behind the disappearance of his wife, uncovering a deeper mystery.
For Dr. David Beck, the loss was shattering. And every day for the past eight years, he has relived the horror of what happened. The gleaming lake. The pale moonlight. The piercing screams. The night ... (Goodreads)
The Black Ice
by Michael Connelly
A murder investigation leads to a complex web of intrigue, threatening a detective's life and career.
In the book, narcotics officer Calexico (named after the place Calexico ) Moore's body is discovered on Christmas night in a seedy Hollywood motel, from an apparent suicide. It was rumored that he ... (Wikipedia)
The Snowman
by Jo Nesbø
Detective Harry Hole investigates a series of grisly murders, with the help of a mysterious snowman.
In 1980, a married woman has illicit sex with a lover while her adolescent son waits in a car outside; their lovemaking is disturbed when they think somebody is looking at them from outside the ... (Wikipedia)
Déjà Dead
by Kathy Reichs
An action-packed mystery featuring a female forensic anthropologist as she investigates a series of mysterious murders.
When the meticulously dismembered body of a woman is discovered in the ground of an abandoned monastery in Montreal , Canada , which is too "decomposed for standard autopsy ", an anthropologist is ... (Wikipedia)
The Peacock Emporium
by Jojo Moyes
A woman's journey of self-discovery as she opens a shop in a small English town. Secrets and relationships are uncovered along the way.
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author, Jojo Moyes, the story of a young woman who finds new meaning in life after opening an eclectic shop and comes to terms with the secrets of her past In ... (Goodreads)
The Valley of the Wolves
by Laura Gallego García
A young shepherdess embarks on a dangerous journey to save her people from a curse that has befallen their valley.
Dana attends a school of magic with only one other student. She has a great love only she can see. And only she can unravel these mysteries and become mistress of the Valley of the Wolves. Ever since ... (Goodreads)
Black Bird, Vol. 3
by Kanoko Sakurakouji
A girl with a cursed eye and a boy with a cursed body fall in love, but their pasts threaten to tear them apart.
He loves her blood, but does her love her?! R to L (Japanese Style). He loves her blood, but does her love her?! There is a world of myth and magic that intersects ours, and only a special few can ... (Goodreads)
A Stranger Is Watching
by Mary Higgins Clark
A young girl is kidnapped and held for ransom, while her father and a reporter race against time to save her.
The main characters in the novel are Steve Peterson, whose wife Nina was murdered two years before, his six-year-old son Neil, who witnessed the murder, and Sharon Martin, a young journalist who ... (Wikipedia)
Waiting for Wednesday
by Nicci French
A psychotherapist is drawn into a murder investigation when her patient's husband goes missing. The case becomes personal as she uncovers dark secrets.
Psychotherapist Frieda Klein finds she has an unusually personal connection with DCI Karlsson's latest case. She is no longer working with him in an official capacity, but when her niece befriends ... (Goodreads)
Juror #3
by James Patterson
A murder trial divides a small town, and Juror #3 is convinced the defendant is guilty. But as evidence mounts, she begins to question everything she thought she knew.
A young attorney is defending her client in a racially charged felony case – but in a town of old money and hidden secrets, her first trial may be her last in this #1, New York Times, bestselling ... (Barnes & Noble)
Between You and Me
by Lisa Hall
A psychological thriller about a woman who discovers her husband's infidelity and the dangerous consequences that follow.
They say every marriage has its secrets. But no one sees what happens behind closed doors. And sometimes those doors should never be opened … Sal and Charlie are married. They love each other. But ... (Goodreads)
Nerve
by Jeanne Ryan
A high-stakes online game of dares quickly spirals out of control, putting the players' lives at risk.
Shy junior Vee, with the help of her friend Tommy, tries out for the online game of dares , NERVE, to impress her crush. After uploading her audition reel, they realize her cotton shirt becomes ... (Wikipedia)
Sweetheart
by Chelsea Cain
A serial killer is on the loose, and detective Archie Sheridan must work with his captor, the beautiful and twisted Gretchen Lowell, to catch him.
, Portland detective Archie Sheridan, the former head of the Beauty Killer Task Force, hunted Gretchen Lowell for years before she kidnapped him, tortured him, and then let him go. Now that she is ... (Goodreads)
Red Dragon
by Thomas Harris
A serial killer stalks the night, and a former FBI agent is the only one who can stop him.
In 1975, Will Graham , a brilliant profiler of the FBI , captured the serial killer Hannibal Lecter . However, Graham suffered serious injuries from the encounter and retired afterwards. Four years ... (Wikipedia)
Silver Bay
by Jojo Moyes
A seaside town's tranquility is disrupted by a marine biologist's arrival, uncovering secrets and changing lives forever.
From the, New York Times, bestselling author of, The Giver of Stars, in an earlier work available in the U.S. for the first time, a surprising and moving romance set in an old-fashioned seaside town ... (Goodreads)
Silent Victim
by Caroline Mitchell
Emma is trapped in an abusive marriage, but when her husband is murdered, she becomes the prime suspect. Can she clear her name and find the real killer?
Emma’s darkest secrets are buried in the past. But the truth can’t stay hidden for long. Emma is a loving wife, a devoted mother…and an involuntary killer. For years she’s been hiding the dead body ... (Goodreads)
Before the Frost
by Henning Mankell
A young girl's disappearance leads to a complex investigation that uncovers dark secrets in a small Swedish town.
In this latest atmospheric thriller, Kurt Wallander and his daughter Linda, just graduated from the police academy, join forces to search for a religious fanatic on a murder spree and soon find ... (Goodreads)
Tuesday's Gone
by Nicci French
A psychologist is called to help solve a murder case, but her own past traumas begin to resurface.
A London social worker makes a routine home visit only to discover her client serving afternoon tea to a naked, decomposing corpse. With no clues as to the dead man’s identity, Chief Inspector ... (Goodreads)
Head In The Sand
by Damien Boyd
A body is found on a beach, leading to a complex investigation that uncovers secrets and corruption in a small town.
The discovery of a severed head in a bunker on Burnham and Berrow golf course triggers a frantic race to find a serial killer that brings the seaside town of Burnham-on-Sea to a standstill. When the ... (Goodreads)
A Man of Some Repute
by Elizabeth Edmondson
A British spy mystery set in a post-WWII Europe. A man's death leads to uncovering secrets and conspiracies.
Truth is rarely pure and never simple… Selchester Castle in 1953 sits quiet and near-empty, its corridors echoing with glories of the past. Or so it seems to intelligence officer Hugo Hawksworth, ... (Goodreads)
NYPD Red 2
by James Patterson
NYPD Red detectives investigate a Hollywood starlet's murder while juggling their own personal dramas.
NYPD Red's finest detectives are about to investigate a brutal crime scene in Central Park . . . but even their training can't prepare them for the biggest case of their careers. When NYPD Red ... (Barnes & Noble)
